Testseek.co.uk have collected 224 expert reviews of the Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 and the average rating is 91%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155.
January 2011
(91%)
224 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(96%)
1607 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Breathtaking performance at stock clocks
Massive overclocking headroom
Incredible new integrated video engine
Performance with applications
Performance with video games
Turbo mode
Reasonable energy consumption
Integrated graphics can improve decoding/encoding video and support Bluray 3D
Impressively quick
Integrated graphics ideal for watching Bluray discs
Small and quiet cooling fan
The editors didn't like
Infuriating marketing-driven restrictions
Integrated graphics don't support DirectX 11 which would have improved the bitrate in some games
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Published: 2018-03-02, Author: Tomas , review by: uk.hardware.info
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